Board of County Commissioners v. State ex rel. Attorney-general

*635The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J. :

In January, 1901, the board of county commissioners of Sedgwick county entered into a written contract with J. M. Kerr, the register of deeds, as follows :

“Article of Agreement, Made and entered into this 4th day of Jan. 1901, by and between J. M. Kerr, party of the first part, and the county of Sedgwick, party of the second part,

“Witnesseth : That the party of the first part, in consideration of the covenants hereafter set out, agrees to sell and deliver to said county of Sedgwick a numerical index of records of the register of deeds’…